A taste of Mexico
Families from across Illinois gathered in Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood this weekend for the fourth annual Taste of Mexico festival.
American dreams on deportation
Donald Ortega, a beneficiary of the Temporary Protected Status program from El Salvador, stresses about his future under the Trump administration.
Viola DuApril 25, 2018
Hazim’s electronic dreams: Documenting the Yazidi genocide
They came to destroy. ISIS forces flooded the Sinjar region of Iraq at dawn determined to wipe out Yazidism, an ancient faith with a rich oral tradition.
Sarah ConwayApril 11, 2018
The father of three bracing for deportation
Felix Garcia, a Guatemalan immigrant, is scheduled to be deported today. This is his story.
A night of immigration stories
Forty people braved a snowstorm on Monday, February 5, to attend Borderless’ night of immigrant stories at the Oak Park Public Library.
Nissa RheeMarch 1, 2018
Abdulghany and Mufaddal Hamadeh
Just 11 months apart in age, brothers Mufaddal and Abdulghany Hamadeh have shared almost everything in their lives — including their love of the two countries they call home.
Nissa RheeOctober 25, 2017
Omar El Akkad on journalism and the War on Terror
Omar El Akkad’s debut novel, “American War,” is a haunting post-apocalyptic universe where readers watch the impact of civil war through the unraveling of one American family.
Sarah ConwayOctober 17, 2017
We crossed a bridge and it trembled: Voices from Syria
A year after the Syrian uprising began, Northwestern University professor Wendy Pearlman headed to Jordan to collect the stories of Syrian refugees who were pouring out of their war-torn country.
Sarah ConwayOctober 5, 2017
Aida Šehović on 7,500 cups of Bosnian coffee
At least 8,372 Muslim Bosniaks were killed in the 1995 Srebrenica genocide when Bosnian Serb soldiers swept into a U.N.-designated “safe haven.” Šehović remembers the fear and horror that her family experienced at the time, emotions that she has channeled into her public monument to the genocide: ŠTO TE NEMA or “Why are you not here?”
Nicole FoyAugust 25, 2017
Syrian photographer Omar Imam’s work examines dreams, nightmares
Eleven black-and-white, surrealist photographs exploring the mental state of Syrian refugees in Lebanon debuted in Chicago this month.
